Madeline asked Nicholas D. Kristof:

how do you and Sheryl write together? do you divide and conquer or do you have another method that works for you both?

Nicholas D. Kristof We basically divide up, report separately and then write the section and hand it over to the other. The other person then edits ruthlessly. We both tend to write and rewrite quite a bit. Are there some bruised feelings during the editing? Sure, sometimes. But people periodically ask how we manage to write together and stay married. In truth, writing a book together is much easier than raising kids together (and we have three!). You can put a manuscript down at night, and it stays asleep. A manuscript doesn't play you off each other. And if you screw up on a manuscript, the stakes of failure are lower!

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